Guide to the Bush and Lobdell Correspondence MSS.0049
Bush and Lobdell
- Publication:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
Mary Harmon Bryant Hall
May 2009
500 Hackberry Lane
Box 870266
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 35487-0266
205.348.0500
archives@ua.edu
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Bush and Lobdell Correspondence
- Unit ID:
MSS.0049
- Repository:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
- Quantity:
0.05 Linear feet
- Dates:
1860
- Abstract:
Five letters and a telegram to a foundry in Delaware from various Alabama railroads concerning purchase of wheels, trucks, pinions, and other items.
Scope and Contents note
The collection consists of five letters and a telegram to a foundry in Delaware from various Alabama railroads concerning purchase of wheels, trucks, pinions, and other items in 1860.
- Preferred Citation:
Preferred Citation note
Bush and Lobdell Correspondence, W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama.
Biographical/Historical note
Bush and Lobdell, of Wilmington, Delaware, were the major manufacturers of cast-iron railroad tires, as well as supplying heavy machinery, parts, and tools for gins, textile works, railroads, and agriculture in the 1860s. They differed from their competitors by making a hollow tire, thereby decreasing the dead weight and producing a more even chill. The letters were written by agents in Mobile, Alabama, concerning orders, finance, and politics. Principals in the firm were Charles Bush and George G. Lobdell.
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Conditions Governing Access note
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Conditions Governing Use note
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- Acquisition Information:
Provenance
unknown
- Processing Information:
Processed by
S. Braden, 2008; updated by Martha Bace, 2012
Source(s)
Alabama Railroads . (local)
Alabama (localbroad)
Alabama Business and Industry (Local)
Business and Labor (localbroad)
Commercial correspondence (aat)
Letters (rbgenr)
Railroads--Alabama--Records and correspondence (lcsh)
Technology and Industry (localbroad)
Correspondence Box 9